Urgent need to address integrity challenges to sport

Written declaration No. 487 | Doc. 12671 | 24 June 2011

Signatories:

Ms Cecilia KEAVENEY, Ireland, ALDE ; Ms Fátima ABURTO BASELGA, Spain, SOC ; Lord Donald ANDERSON, United Kingdom, SOC ; Ms Anna BELOUSOVOVÁ, Slovak Republic, EDG ; Ms Marie-Louise BEMELMANS-VIDEC, Netherlands, EPP/CD ; Mr Joe BENTON, United Kingdom, SOC ; Ms Karmela CAPARIN, Croatia, EPP/CD ; Ms Lise CHRISTOFFERSEN, Norway, SOC ; Ms Ismeta DERVOZ, Bosnia and Herzegovina ; Mr Jim DOBBIN, United Kingdom, SOC ; Alexander [The Earl of] DUNDEE, United Kingdom, EDG ; Mr Joseph FALZON, Malta, EPP/CD ; Ms Blanca FERNÁNDEZ-CAPEL BAÑOS, Spain, EPP/CD ; Mr Axel E. FISCHER, Germany, EPP/CD ; Mr Gvozden Srećko FLEGO, Croatia, SOC ; Ms Doris FROMMELT, Liechtenstein, EPP/CD ; Mr Martin FRONC, Slovak Republic, EPP/CD ; Mr Andreas GROSS, Switzerland, SOC ; Ms Ana GUŢU, Republic of Moldova, ALDE ; Mr Andres HERKEL, Estonia, EPP/CD ; Mr Jean HUSS, Luxembourg, SOC ; Mr Mogens JENSEN, Denmark, SOC ; Mr Morgan JOHANSSON, Sweden, SOC ; Ms Francine JOHN-CALAME, Switzerland, SOC ; Mr Birkir Jón JÓNSSON, Iceland, ALDE ; Mr Michail KATRINIS, Greece, SOC ; Ms Elvira KOVÁCS, Serbia, EPP/CD ; Mr Pavol KUBOVIČ, Slovak Republic, EPP/CD ; Mr Ertuğrul KUMCUOĞLU, Turkey, EDG ; Mr François LONCLE, France, SOC ; Ms Kerstin LUNDGREN, Sweden, ALDE ; Mr Bernard MARQUET, Monaco, ALDE ; Sir Alan MEALE, United Kingdom, SOC ; Mr Jean-Claude MIGNON, France, EPP/CD ; Ms Lilja MÓSESDÓTTIR, Iceland, UEL ; Mr Alejandro MUÑOZ-ALONSO, Spain, EPP/CD ; Ms Christine MUTTONEN, Austria, SOC ; Ms Hermine NAGHDALYAN, Armenia, ALDE ; Mr Gebhard NEGELE, Liechtenstein, EPP/CD ; Mr Joseph O'REILLY, Ireland, EPP/CD ; Ms Liliana PALIHOVICI, Republic of Moldova, EPP/CD ; Mr Valery PARFENOV, Russian Federation, EDG ; Ms Zaruhi POSTANJYAN, Armenia, EPP/CD ; Mr Maximilian REIMANN, Switzerland, ALDE ; Ms Andreja RIHTER, Slovenia, SOC ; Ms Marlene RUPPRECHT, Germany, SOC ; Mr Ludo SANNEN, Belgium, SOC ; Mr Leander SCHÄDLER, Liechtenstein, EPP/CD ; Mr Stefan SCHENNACH, Austria, SOC ; Ms Ingjerd SCHOU, Norway, EPP/CD ; Ms Marina SCHUSTER, Germany, ALDE ; Ms Maria STAVROSITU, Romania, EPP/CD ; Mr Valeriy SUDARENKOV, Russian Federation, SOC ; Mr Mehmet TEKELİOĞLU, Turkey, EPP/CD ; Lord John E. TOMLINSON, United Kingdom, SOC ; Mr Latchezar TOSHEV, Bulgaria, EPP/CD ; Mr Egidijus VAREIKIS, Lithuania, EPP/CD ; Mr Piotr WACH, Poland, EPP/CD ; Mr Jordi XUCLÀ, Spain, ALDE

Thesaurus

This written declaration commits only those who have signed it.

We believe that match-fixing is a serious and growing problem in European sport.

There are, currently, no effective measures to fight against corruption in sport.

We, the undersigned, European politicians, ask for the creation of an international agency to properly preserve the integrity of our sport.